Oak Tree Inn Green River

Der Grand Teton National Park eignet sich super zum Baden und Wandern, leider ist es dazu im Moment eher zu kalt. Wir haben die traumhafte Kulisse (Rocky Mountains) trotzdem sehr genossen...immerhin die ersten richtigen Berge seit 6 Monaten :-)<br><br>Ansonsten gibt es in Wyoming nichts ausser endlosen Ebenen mit Tausenden von Rinderherden...kein Wunder, bei den vielen Burgern, die hier in den USA gegessen werden. Die meisten kennen ja Salat nur als Teil eines Burgers :-)<br>

... in Wyoming looked good. The van was making a loud knocking noise on the rough roads so I checked underneath and found a loose rear shock. So we are stuck here until it is fixed drinking wine and watching HBO. Stay tuned. Nels<br><br>.

... a hurry to get into the Fort, I tried to scale the wall. Please look at the photo to see what a pain in the rear it is to scale the wall. Yesterday I spotted a Tesla on the road. It is the first one I ever saw. It is the first all-electric car available in America and costs about $100,000. Rock Springs is a real ...

... that was designed with rounded corners and the corners were made with bricks that had slots designed into each brick. Very ingenious, but it made me wonder how the farmers keep the rodents out of the corn in the crib. All day so far the highway had been climbing slowly, and by the time I reached Wyoming, and especially Cheyenne, I felt as though I was on the top of the world. Before that even, I felt at home when I saw real mountains again with snow on top! I even drove ...

... Wyoming with huge equipment digging ore and loading trucks to be taken to some other place for processing. Considering the part of Wyoming through which I traveled today, the mined material is probably TRONA which is the naturally occuring form of sodium carbonate. But, it could also be coal as Wyoming is the largest producer of coal in the US. And it's possible that it could be uranium. In any case, this state is a big producer of coal, oil, natural gas and coal bed methane ...

... country. When you see it all first hand you realize we could feed the world ten times over if we wanted too. You know you are not in Florida when you enter a restroom in the Midwest. The worst restroom out here is twice as clean as the cleanest restroom in Florida. It is such a blessing to not only find hot water and soap but an abundant supply of paper towels. I ...

This day we toured Grand Teton National Park. The scenery was even better than Yellowstone although the haze in front of the mountains never really cleared. Had another leisurely picnic by a river and talked to one of the tour guides for the river float that was taking out of the place we were resting. He reported that a grissly bear was in the area and we ...

... faire un arrêt sur le parcours à Green River, petite ville à l'entrée du Parc de Flaming Gorge (gorges flamboyantes). Il y a aussi un parc ou l'on peut rencontrer des chevaux sauvages, mais pas de chance, à notre passage ils ne sont pas là! Flaming Gorge nous rappelle le Lac Powell près du Grand Canyon : un barrage sur la rivière (verte bien sûr) a immergé le fond des gorges découpées créant un méandre ...

Today we got from Nevada, through Utah, to Wyoming. The view is changing dramatically, from dry and sandy to green and lively, from flat to rocky, from empty fields to busy towns. It's funny that we've gone through three states, but there were only few towns on the way of Interstate Highway 80. The ...

... at the Gorge until Monday, which was Labor Day, we found ourselves with relatively no neighbors in sight. We enjoyed the privacy. There were many jack rabbits running about and a small herd of deer and a small herd of pronghorns (antelope for some) hanging around close by. There were two restrooms, each a considerable drive or bike ride away. The weather was pretty cloudy first thing in ...